Vero Beach vs Winter Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Vero Beach and Winter Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Vero Beach and Winter Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vero Beach has the higher population (16,785 vs 4,995 in Winter Beach). Winter Beach has the higher median household income ($99,886 vs $67,351 in Vero Beach). Winter Beach has the higher median home value ($450,100 vs $392,500 in Vero Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
Population	16,785	4,995
Median age	52.6 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,351	$99,886
Median home value	$392,500	$450,100
Median gross rent	$1,197	—
Housing units	10,173	1,797
Homeownership rate	64.4%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
Population	16,857 → 16,785 (-0.4%)	2,570 → 4,995 (+94.4%)
Median household income	$48,844 → $67,351 (+37.9%)	$80,962 → $99,886 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$259,800 → $392,500 (+51.1%)	$314,400 → $450,100 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,197 (+34.5%)	$1,185 → $2,276 (+92.1%)

Vero Beach

Population

16,85716,785

Median household income

$48,844$67,351

Median home value

$259,800$392,500

Median gross rent

$890$1,197

Winter Beach

Population

2,5704,995

Median household income

$80,962$99,886

Median home value

$314,400$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,185$2,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	23.7%
75 and over	13.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	65.0%
Black or African American	8.5%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
Drove alone	68.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.7%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
1-unit, detached	47.4%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Vero Beach	Winter Beach
Poverty rate	14.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.24	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1975	2007